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L. E. BUYER.

GUARD;

APPLlCATION FILED FEB-26.1919.

Patented June 24, 1919.

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on t n Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 241, 191.".

Application filed February 26, 1919. Serial No. 279,263.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LLINUs E. Born, a citiz'en of the United States of America, residing at Trojan, in the county of Lawrence and State of South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards and has for its object the provision of an improved device of this character constructed in such manner that a carrier may be easily and quickly placed in position along the outer edge of the running board of a motor vehicle to thereby constitute the space within the carrier and upon the running board a convenient receptacle for receiving baggage, luggage, camping equipment, dogs, supplies, gas, coal oil or other articles to be transported. i

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character indicated constructed in such vmanner that it may be folded into a very compact biuldle when not in use.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a can rier showing the same applied to the running board of a motor vehicle,

' Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same,

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary front elevation of the bracket portion of the carrier.

Fig. 41, is a transverse vertical section illus: trating the clamping means for the bracket and,

Fig. 5,is a like view with the clamping means in elevation.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a running hoard of a motor vehicle and 6 a bracket which comprises a rear plate '1' having a series of convolutions and clamping elements 9 and 10. These clamping elements comprise U shaped members 11 and 12 that are soldered, brazed or otherwise secured to the plates 6 and 7. The lower portions of the U shaped members are serrated at 12 to adapt them to firmly engage the underside of the running board 5. Threaded stems 13, are screwed into the upper portions of the U shaped members and carry pressure plates, 14, at their lower ends for engagement with the upper surface of the running board. Hand wheels or disks 15 are fixed to the upper ends of the stems 13 and to gether with an angular portion 16, to which a Wrench may he applied if desired, provide means for tightening the clamps upon the running board, it being understood that this is done by screwing the screws 13 downwarrllyto clamp the running board between the serrated foot and the clamping plate 14. The disks 15 are provided with openings 17 through which pins 18 may be passed, said pins being adapted to engage in openings 19 formed in the upper part of the respective clamp members and they may, if desired, be threaded thereintoc It will therefore be understood that the screws 18 provide looking means for the disks to prevent accidental reverse movement of the screws 13. lieceim able'within any one 01 the openings 20, formed between the plates 6 and 7, are the lower ends of a plurality of arched wires 21. These wires are preferably provided with collars 22, to limit their downward movement and their lower ends may be threaded for the reception of nut 23.

While I have illustrated, in Fig. 1, a struc ture whereinthe carrier runs only part way along the running board and while such a structure as this is well adapted to guard lengthy articles, such as camping equipment, canoe paddles or the like, it to lo understood that the invention contemplates the extension of the carrier the full length of the running board if desired. It 1s aiso to he understood that the invention rontemplates the use of arched wires of any height and of any desired spread L tween the legs thereof.

As a further safe-guard I contemplate the employment of a cable 24, which may be extended between the front and rear mud guards and attached in any suitable manner to said mud guards.

While the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended it is to be under stood that the invention. is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever clninges fairly come within either the spirit or the terms of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what 1 claim is,

1. In a device 01:" the character described the combination with a member having series of alined closely related vertical poclc. ets formed .therein, means for securing said member to the edge of the running board of a motor vehicle and a plurality of members of inverted U shape, the lower ends of which are adapted to enter said pockets.

2. In a device of the character described the combination with an element having a series of closely related vertically disposed pockets formed therein of means of securing said element to the running board of an automobile and plurality of independent wires of inverted U shape the ends 'of which are adapted to engage in said pockets.

3. A structure of the character described comprising a straight rear plate and a sinuous front plate, the rear of the front plate im the wires.

5. A structure as recited in claim 3 wherein said guard members consist of arched wires having threaded lower ends adapted to receivev nuts.

6. A device of the character described adapted to be secured to the running board of a motor vehicle and comprising a straight rear plate a sinuous front plate, U-shaped members fixedly secured to the opposite ends of said plate, the lower portions of which are adapted to engage the under side of the running board of a motor vehicle and the upper members of which have vertically movable screws threaded thereinto, clamping plates upon the lower ends of said screws, and operating means upon the upper ends of said screws.

7. A structure as recited in claim 6 in combination with locking means traversin said operating members and entering said 0 amps to prevent reverse rotation of the screws.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

LINUS E. BUYER.

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